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It is called Seafloor Spreading, which comes under the Divergent Plate Movement.
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What makes the continent and the ocean floor unstable?
The continents and ocean floor are unstable because the plates of the lithosphere move. When the plate move, they cause the continents and ocean floor to move.
What happens to the old ocean floor as the sea floor spreads?
As the sea floor spreads, the old ocean floor gets pushed out, which makes the plates move.
Why does the ocean floor spread apart at the ridge?
Because as tectonic plates move away from each other, the ocean floor spreads apart and fills the gap.
Why is the ocean floor lower as you move away from the mid-ocan ridges?
The mid-ocean ridges which wrap around the ocean floor like the seam of a baseball, are high topographic features-but as you go away from either side of a ridge, the ocean floor subsides as it cools.
What causes the hot materials beneath ocean floor to move?
Convection currents.
When water gets denser how does it move?
I think it sinks toward the ocean floor.
Does starfish move by sticking on the ocean floor?
yes, not only the ground of the ocean but also any rock that it may face
What is divergent plate boundry?
it is a type of plate boundary that move away from euchre's a result of the spreading of boundaries, new ocean floor is created. this mainly happens on the ocean floor and results in mid-ocean ridges
What happen to plate tectonics as they move?
what material forms new pieces of ocean floor
What are carnivorous echinoderms that move by creeping slowly along the ocean floor?
sea stars
Why is the Atlantic Ocean is spreading?
The oceanic crust of the Atlantic Ocean floor is attached to the continental crust of the continents around the ocean. So as the Atlantic's Ocean floor spreads, the continents along its edges also move. Over time, the whole ocean gets wider.
What is the topography of the ocean floor?
The topography of the ocean floor
